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Written by Pete Timmermann
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Thursday, 28 December 2006 |
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 Yes, I
loved Jackass: Number Two. But on top of that, it's a better, funnier,
ballsier, scarier, and generally more solid film than the first one was, or God
forbid the show. I'm so glad that bad taste has leaked into the mainstream.
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Written by Dave Jasmon
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Thursday, 28 December 2006 |
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You've seen the film before: A white teacher in the
inner city sets out to prove that he can break down racial barriers and change
the lives of a few dozen teenagers. However, you've never seen it like this.
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Written by Kevin Renick
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Thursday, 28 December 2006 |
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 World Trade Center, Heart of Gold, and Little Miss Sunshine
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Written by Robert Hunt
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Thursday, 28 December 2006 |
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Pan's Labyrinth, Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story, and Marie Antoinette
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Written by Joe Bowman
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Thursday, 28 December 2006 |
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as I did last year, I could come up with no clear-cut best film of the year.
Michael Haneke's Caché emerged as the best after serious
pondering, but no sleepless nights of consideration could bring me to name any
of these films the stand-alone best film of 2006. So, I've alphabetized what I
deduced as the ten finest films of the year with a couple of runners-up that
got bumped from last-minute, frenzied film viewing for the past two weeks. Of
course, I didn't have a chance to see everything, so the list could easily
change by the time this is published. Notable films that I didn't get around to
seeing include The Departed, The Queen, Old Joy, L'Enfant,
Inland Empire, Three Times, Little Children, Shut
Up and Sing, Gabrielle, and Half Nelson. As of right now,
here it is for your viewing and arguing pleasure: my 10 best films of 2006.
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Written by Joe Bowman
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Thursday, 28 December 2006 |
 Carefully
avoiding films that scream "awful" is one of my finer traits, which makes my
worst of the year list a bit more surprising and unpredictable. I skipped out
on The Da Vinci Code, You, Me and Dupree, American Dreamz,
Date Movie, John Tucker Must Die, Little Man, and Larry
the Cable Guy: Health Inspector for such reasons. Unlike my
best-of-the-year list, I have meticulously ordered these films, not in terms of
quality, but in order of the contempt I hold for each of these pictures.
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Written by Joe Bowman
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Thursday, 28 December 2006 |
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 The Virgin Spring is on Joe's top ten DVD releases for 2006.
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Written by Dan Heaton
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Thursday, 28 December 2006 |
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 Who Killed the Electric Car?, The Departed and United 93
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Written by PLAYBACK:stl
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Thursday, 28 December 2006 |
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 AFI trains the next generation of filmmakers at its
world-renowned Conservatory, maintains America's film heritage through
the AFI Catalog of Feature Films and explores new digital technologies
in entertainment and education through the AFI Digital Content Lab and
K-12 Screen Education Center.
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